Easter Freebie

So I'm giving away a freebie in my TPT store. This Easter Egg Find and Graph comes in color or blackline and is a great activity for practicing making a bar graph.

Mini Eraser Addict

Hello my name is April and I have a problem.  I am a mini eraser addict.  I already can't leave Target without buying 7 more things than were on my list and now I can't leave Target without checking out their Dollar Spot and searching for the mini erasers.  I even have my mom who lives in Wisconsin checking her Target for different erasers and I had my dad who went down to Florida go to Target to pick up the Pineapple mini erasers I saw people posting on Instagram.
   This last time I went to 4 different Targets before I found the adorable bunny and egg erasers.  So I created this How many more to 10 Math Center which is aligned to the common core standard:  CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.OA.A.4
For any number from 1 to 9, find the number that makes 10 when added to the given number, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record the answer with a drawing or equation.

So check out this activity in my TPT store.

New Math Centers

So one of the struggles I have as a first year kindergarten teacher is finding materials.  My big struggle is in math.  I wish I had math stations for my kids to rotate through so that I could work in small groups with my kids but that is just not a reality this year.  Instead I have fast finisher activities for my kids that quickly get concepts to do so that I can work with my kiddos who need a little more attention.  However, the plan is that next year I'll have enough centers that I can do small group math instruction.

So over winter break I came up with 12 winter center activities and I am pretty excited about them.

You can find them here at my Teachers Pay Teachers Store.

Winter Math Centers

I'm so excited to get back to my classroom, print and laminate them and get my kids using them.  Now to come up with spring ones. 💭

Book Recommendation

I have been a kindergarten teacher for 33 days now.  33 days of not knowing what to expect each day. Each week I think this is it, I've got it and then something turns the day around.  It is only October now and we do have lots of victories.

   One victory is this book I stumbled upon today titled I Knew Two, Who Said Moo.

My kids loved this book.  They loved listening for the rhymes and it was a great way to review the numbers 1-10, both concepts that we have recently been working on.

So if you don't have this book in your classroom I highly recommend it.  You can get it off of Amazon here:

I Knew Two, Who Said Moo

Here we go again!

Well I've changed grades and schools again.  I am now teaching Kindergarten!  This is a huge change from teaching intermediate grades for seven years.  I've spent the last 3 weeks trying to remember what it is like to teach a 5 year old.

So far I have my first week planned and my class is all ready to go.  Here is hoping I adjust quickly.  Meanwhile here are pictures of my classroom, in it's perfect, organized, not touched by kids state.

 The House Keeping Area

 Free Play Centers

 Our Word Wall and Reading Corner

 Our Meeting Area:

My area